___ over backward
The crossword clue "___ over backward" is answered by BEND, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BEND
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEND answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for BEND
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEND, most used first.
- Flex - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Be flexible - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Give a little - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Curve - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Show flexibility - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Crook - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Road curve - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Curve in the road - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Compromise - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- River feature - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Stoop - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Yield - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Make a concession - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ It Like Beckham" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- __ over backwards (try hard) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Give in a little - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ It Like Beckham" (Keira Knightley soccer film) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Relax, as rules - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Reach for your toes - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- South __, Indiana - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Make over - REDO, used 404 times
- All over again - ANEW, used 269 times
- Over again - ANEW, used 247 times
- "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
- Hand over - CEDE, used 187 times
- Watch over - TEND, used 139 times
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